After your arrival at Tribhuwan International airport, you will be welcomed by our representatives, who will be responsible for getting you transferred to your hotel. Further plans and programs will also be explained to you. You can have rest and do your own stuff on this day.

After breakfast in the early morning, we will drive to Kodari, which is about 115 kilometers from Kathmandu valley and is a border of Nepal and China. After reaching to Kodari, our representatives will manage us with Nepal immigration and fulfill the required formalities in the border. After completion of those processes, we will make our way towards China through Friendship Bridge by hiking. We will then head towards Nyalam by drive-in private vehicle. About 32 kilometers in distance and approximately 2 hours of drive will lead us to Nyalam. Overnight at a guesthouse in Nyalam. 

Because of the drastic changes in altitude from 1,400 meters to 3,750 meters, acclimatization is very important for further trips. Hence, we will stay today in Nyalam and it is our free day. But we won’t stop all day without doing anything; instead, we will go for a short hike to Nyalam village. Nyalam is a beautiful village and you can also observe the activities of local people here, roam around to observe the beauty in higher elevation and make you adapted to the higher atmosphere, which won’t arise altitude problem further within the trip. Overnight at a guesthouse in Nyalam.

After breakfast at Nyalam in the early morning, we will continue our journey and drive towards New Dzongba. In this driving journey from Nyalam to New Dongba, we will be passing through Lablung-La Pass (5,100 meters), Milarepa Cave, Pleiku Lake, and Bramhaputra River. It is approximately 357 kilometers in distance from Nyalam to New Dongba and takes around 6 hours of a drive to complete this journey. We will have our launch on the way. However, after reaching to our today’s destination, i.e. New Dongba, we will explore the nearby area for some time and overnight at a guesthouse at New Dongba.

Today we are heading towards Lake Mansarovar and is one of the most important days of our trip.  In the early morning, we will start our journey, which is 369 kilometers and approximately takes around 6 hours to reach the holy Lake Mansarovar. Besides Holy Lake, we will also be reaching Mt. Kailash, which is our ultimate goal of this trip. The path offers beautiful sceneries all around and we will be passing through the highest motorable pass in the world through Mayum-La (5,200 meters). However, we will have our lunch on the way and overnight stay at the guesthouse at the end of the day. 

In the early morning after breakfast, we will start our parikrama trail through Lake Manasarovar in the clockwise direction by jeep. It approximately takes one and a half hours to complete the parikrama, which is 88 kilometers in distance. After completion of parikrama, we will then continue our journey towards Darchen via drive. Overnight stay at a guesthouse in Darchen.

Today, after breakfast in the early morning, we will start our journey with a drive towards Yam Dwar, which is 10 kilometers and takes around 15 minutes to reach there. From here, we will start our trekking journey towards Dera Phuk, which is north face of Mt. Kailash and is 18 kilometers in distance and takes around 5 hours of trekking journey. Overnight stay at the guesthouse.

Today we will be trekking in the toughest trail in higher altitude and is the most difficult day throughout this trek. The trekking trail from Deraphuk begins with the uphill trail until we reach Dolma-La (5,600 meters). We then continue our trek descending to the valley floor, which is another side of Dolma-La pass. We further move forward through the River Bank to reach Zutulphuk, which is today’s final destination. Today, we make our visit to Shivasthal, Dolma-La, and Gaurikund on the way which are the most important places in this journey and are the major highlights of the day. Overnight at a guesthouse in Zutuphuk.

Today, in the early morning, we will start our trekking trail to reach Darchen following the flat and easy access trail and complete our last day trek within 3 to 4 hours to reach the ending trek point. From the ending point (close to Darchen), we will drive to Lake Manasarovar in the east side, which is just 35 kilometers and takes around 1 hour via jeep. Overnight at a guesthouse in Manasarovar.

In the early morning, we will have our last observation at Mt. Kailash and Holy Lake Manasarovar, which seems very beautiful in the morning. We then drive towards New Dongba, which is 369 kilometers in distance and takes around 6 hours of drive. Overnight stay at a guesthouse in New Dongba.

Today, we will drive back to Nyalam via the same route as previous, which is 357 kilometers in distance and takes around 6 hours in the drive. Overnight stay at a guesthouse in Nyalam.

Drive back to Kathmandu valley from Nyalam as previous, which is 115 kilometers in distance and takes around four and half hours to reach Kathmandu valley

On this day, you can rest and have another tour of the city or go shopping at Thamel. By the evening, Northern Trekking Team (NTT) organizes a farewell party and hence you can share your experience about this trip and gather more information upon your curiosity. Overnight stay at the hotel.